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Home My WebLink About07-21-15 TSHA Agenda Packet Page 1 of 2 AGENDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEXAS STUDENT HOUSING AUTHORITY (AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE) July 21, 2015 6:00 PM 3 VILLAGE CIRCLE 2nd FLOOR, COUNCIL CHAMBERS WESTLAKE, TEXAS 76262 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING ON JUNE 23, 2015. 3. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN APPOINTMENT OF A NEW BOARD MEMBER. 4. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CAMBRIDGE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FY 2015-2016. 5. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER NAMING A SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF MRS. BRIZUELA. 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION The Board will conduct a closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code, annotated, Chapter 551, Subchapter D for the following: a. Section 551.074(a)(1): Deliberation Regarding Personnel Matters – to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, of a public officer or employee: Executive Director 7. RECONVENE MEETING 8. TAKE ANY ACTION, IF NEEDED, FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. Page 2 of 2 9. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT 10. ADJOURN ANY ITEM ON THIS POSTED AGENDA COULD BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS LONG AS IT IS WITHIN ONE OF THE PERMITTED CATEGORIES UNDER SECTIONS 551.071 THROUGH 551.076 AND SECTION 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CERTIFICATION I certify that the above notice was posted at the Town Hall of the Town of Westlake, 3 Village Circle, Westlake, Texas, on July 15, 2015, by 5 :00 p.m. under the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. _____________________________________ Kelly Edwards, Secretary If you plan to attend this public meeting and have a disability that requires special needs, please advise the Town Secretary 48 hours in advance at 817-490-5710 and reasonable accommodations will be made to assist you. TSHA Min 06/23/15 Page 1 of 4 MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEXAS STUDENT HOUSING AUTHORITY (AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE) June 23, 2015 PRESENT: President Jim Carter, Directors, Scott Bradley, and Tracy Schornack. ABSENT: Gregg Malone OTHERS PRESENT : Executive Director Pete Ehrenberg and Secretary Kelly Edwards. 1. CALL TO ORDER President Carter called the meeting to order at 6:37 p.m. 2. REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING ON JANUARY 27, 2015. MOTION: Director Schornack made a motion to approve the minutes. Director Bradley seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 3-0. 3. REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING ON APRIL 21, 2015. MOTION: Director Schornack made a motion to approve the April 21, 2015 minutes. Director Bradley seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 3-0. TSHA Min 06/23/15 Page 2 of 4 4. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT PAYMENT TO WEAVER ASSURANCE SERVICES FOR AUDITING SERVICES RELATED TO THE BALLPARK IN AUSTIN. Director Ehrenberg provided an overview of the item stating the total bill is approximately $7,5000.00. MOTION: Director Schornack made a motion to authorize the Executive Director to submit payment to Weaver Assurance Services. Director Bradley seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 3-0. 5. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CAMBRIDGE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FY 2015-2016. Director Ehrenberg provided an overview of the proposed budget. Discussion ensued regarding the lower leasing rate, product market, Asset Management fee, cost of busses, settled litigation with Brazos County, new properties coming online, cash account value, and litigation fees. MOTION: Director Bradley made a motion to approve the Cambridge FY 2015-2016 Budget as presented and advise the Trustee that the budget would reviewed and likely be amended prior to September 1, 2015, to reflect actual leasing activity. Director Schornack seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 3-0. 6. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE TOWN LAKE, AUSTIN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FY 2015-2016. Director Ehrenberg provided an overview of the proposed budget. Discussion ensued regarding bond payments, refinancing pos sibilities, and number of scholarship offers. MOTION: Director Schornack made a motion to approve the Town Lake Austin FY 2015-2016 Budget. Director Bradley seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 3-0. TSHA Min 06/23/15 Page 3 of 4 7. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE TSHA ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FY 2015-2016 . Director Ehrenberg provided an overview of the proposed budget. Discussion ensued regarding funding a specific project at Westlake Academy. MOTION: Director Schornack made a motion to approve the Authority FY 2015-2016 Budget. Director Bradley seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 3-0. 8. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT No additional discussion. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION The board convened into executive session at 7:25 p.m. The Board will conduct a closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code, annotated, Chapter 551, Subchapter D for the following: a. Section 551.074(a)(1): Deliberation Regarding Personnel Matters – to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, of a public officer or employee: Executive Director 10. RECONVENE MEETING President Carter reconvened the meeting at 7:57 p.m. 11. TAKE ANY ACTION, IF NEEDED, FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. No action necessary. TSHA Min 06/23/15 Page 4 of 4 12. ADJOURN President Carter asked for a motion to adjourn. MOTION: Director Bradley made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Director Schornack seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 3-0. There being no further business before the board, President Carter declared the meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m. THE TEXAS STUDENT HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON JULY 21, 2015. ATTEST __________________________________ Jim Carter, President _______________________________ Kelly Edwards, Secretary 3. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN APPOINTMENT OF A NEW BOARD MEMBER. Texas Student Housing Authority Item # 3 4. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CAMBRIDGE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FY 2015-2016. Texas Student Housing Authority Item # 4 5. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER NAMING A SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF MRS. BRIZUELA. Texas Student Housing Authority Item # 5 The Board will conduct a closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code, annotated, Chapter 551, Subchapter D for the following: a. Section 551.074(a)(1): Deliberation Regarding Personnel Matters – to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, of a public officer or employee: Executive Director Texas Student Housing Authority Item # 6 Executive Session Texas Student Housing Authority Item # 7 Reconvene Meeting Texas Student Housing Authority Item # 8 Necessary Action The Board will conduct a closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code, annotated, Chapter 551, Subchapter D for the following: a. Section 551.074(a)(1): Deliberation Regarding Personnel Matters – to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, of a public officer or employee: Executive Director Texas Student Housing Authority Item # 9 Executive Session Texas Student Housing Authority Item # 10 - Adjournment Cambridge revised budet vs originaUmain differences Decrease Increase Revenue $752,738 _---_—_. Expense 6en�na|andAdmmin $32,840 Food Dept $106736 Payroll $129,698 Contract Services $32,000 ----- -- ---------- Rep&Maintenance $40,665 Utilities | $7[\]51 Management Fee $40,000 Marketing $ 40,650 _ Total Expense $452,290 $ 40,650 COI 1 FGE INFORMATION TEXAS* STUDENT HOUSING NOM "d cas ,77,171 "posfseconda'_i IIe:fle ready Are you attending college in Austin, College Station, or Denton, Texas? Would you like a $2,500 /year scholarship to assist with housing cost? Texas Student Housing is offering Texas high school and Texas community college graduates off- campus housing scholarships. These scholarships are open to students accepted to or attending college in Austin, College Station, and Denton, Texas that have NOT signed off campus housing leases with a TSH facility managed by Asset Campus Housing. University of North Texas and Texas Women's University normally do not permit first year students to live off campus. If you have any questions, call 817 - 490 -5744, e -mail TSHA@westlake- tx.orq or visit the website at htto : / /www.texasstudenthousinanet/ Application deadline is January 31, 2016, for the 2016 -2017 school year. RESOLUTION 2015 -01 Whereas, Barbara Lilly Brizuela died April 11, 2015, as described in the attached Obituary which was published in The Keller Citizen, and Whereas, the citizens of the Town of Westlake desire to honor the memory of Barbara Lilly Brizuela in grateful appreciation for her stellar role in serving the community as the founding Head of School of Westlake Academy where among her many accomplishments she secured for the Academy the authorizations in record time of all three International Baccalaureate Organization Programmes, leading the Academy to become the fifth school in the United States to attain that recognition; h oars i Now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of D' ectors of the Texas Student Housing Authority hereby provides that each year a full scholarship for-the- cat' QH'j Authority's facility at xa..AR&7.q L Tni shall be awarded to a deserving graduate of Westlake Academy, which scholarship shall e designated as the BARBARA LILLY BRIZUELA SCHOLARSHIP. Barbara Ann Lilly Brizuela e0vne41 j>1 fl / u- Mort Barbara Ann Lilly Brizuela, the Founding Head of School of Westlake Academy, Westlake, Texas, died at home with her family in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 11, 2015. She was born July 26, 1946 in Phillipsburg, NJ, the daughter of Robert D. Lilly and Virginia Lee Creveling Lilly. Barbara graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1964, the recipient of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution Award). She graduated with honors from Bucknell University in 1968, where she met her future husband Eliseo Enrique Jose Brizuela from Argentina, and she finished her Master in Arts in English Literature at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970 with a thesis on Stylistic Changes in Robert Frost Poetry. From early on she showed a strong and recognized sense of calm leadership and was elected President of The Student Council at Bucknell University. She taught English in Baltimore, MD; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Quito, Ecuador; and Caracas, Venezuela. In 1982, back in Argentina, she joined the prestigious Northlands School as Head of the English Department where she later became Deputy Head of Northlands and Founder and Headmistress of the Northlands Nordelta branch in Northern Buenos Aires. At a June memorial service, Northlands named its primary building in honor of Barbara Lilly de Brizuela. In 2003, Barbara helped to open Westlake Academy, a municipally owned and operated Charter School in Westlake, Texas, where she had been appointed Head of School and where she successfully implemented in record time the three International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) programs. Barbara was also a pioneer and an international consultant for the IBO, based in Geneva, Switzerland, working in Argentina, Latin America, the U.S., and abroad. The Legacy of Women Award in Tarrant County, Texas, was presented to Barbara for her impact in Arts, Business, Education, Health & Human Services and Volunteerism. She was predeceased by her father Robert D. Lilly and mother Virginia Lee Creveling Lilly. She is survived by her husband of almost a half century, Eliseo Brizuela of Buenos Aires; daughter Barbara Maria, spouse Sebastian, and grand- daughters Azul and Sofia in Cambridge, MA; daughter Natalia and spouse Blanca of Berkeley, CA; daughter Vanessa of Buenos Aires; and brother Robert D. Lilly, Jr. and wife Michelle of Phillipsburg, NJ. Barbara was cremated at the Municipal Cemetery of San Martin in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A U.S. memorial service to honor Barbara will be held at the campus of Westlake Academy, 2650 J. T. Ottinger Road in Westlake, Texas, at 6:30 p.m. on July 23, 2015. As per Barbara's request, donations in her name may be made to cancer research at ww,w.fundaleu.ory where she had been treated for the last four years for multiple myeloma.